MUM is the love of his life.
Until he meets his STEP-BROTHER.
For years it's been just Finley and Mum. Now she's getting married, and they're moving into a flash mansion and his step-dad is lording it over him. He's clearly a homophobe, and doesn't want him rubbing off (so to speak) on his son. Like that would ever happen. Even if Ethan and his dad don't look anything alike. Even if Ethan and his dad don't act anything alike. Even if . . . This can't happen. They're whānau now, family, there are boundaries.
Secret. Forbidden. Irresistible.
A reimagining of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park.
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Heart-throbbing slow burn, a bit of pretty prose, Ethan is his step-brother, Finley wasn't supposed to see him naked, step-dad is a homophobe, Finley has naughty thoughts, Austen might roll over in her grave, secrets and confessions under sparkly stars, mutual pining, the world is unfair, pining-pining-and-more-pining, Finley turns naughty thoughts to actions, so what there are rules?, maybe they shouldn't have done that, jealousy is an ugly green beast, Austen might like this now, forgetting is impossible, more impossible is choosing between heart and home.